Light micrograph of Licmophora flabellata, an epiphytic colonial diatom. Diatoms are unicellular algae with a distinctive silica-based cell wall or sk

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Light micrograph of Licmophora flabellata, an epiphytic colonial diatom. Diatoms are unicellular algae with a distinctive silica-based cell wall or skeleton. They are found in huge numbers in plankton & play an important role in marine & freshwater food chains. Magnification: x100 at 35mm size.

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Photo credit: © BIOPHOTO ASSOCIATES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: alga, algae, algal, botany, colonial, diatom, diatoms, epiphytic, flabellata, licmophora, light, micrograph, nature, phytoplankton, plankton, plant